Professional Development

Professional Development Committee

FUNCTIONS:

  • To identify the professional development needs of the Association. 
  • To develop opportunities for professional growth and networking, either within the Committee or by working with other Sections, Committees and Ad Hoc Committees.
  • To develop core competencies for the profession, and to work with committees and sections to develop additional competencies.
  • To promote the benefits of professional development and to inform the membership of opportunities available to them.
  • To coordinate the activities of the Conference Subcommittees, the Leadership and Education Subcommittee, and all other subcommittees and ad-hoc committees under this committee.

Photos on this page from the NJLA 2023 Conference (click any collage to open it in a new window):

Collage 1, top: Professional Development Committee member Kate Mathe with 2022-2023 committee co-chairs Neil Grimes and Eric Schwarz; Bottom: 2023-2024 committee chair Katie Kotacska, 2023-2024 committee vice chair Susan Clarkin Vignuolo, Eric Schwarz.

Collage 2: Mathe with her poster on the NJLA internship program.

Collage 3: Detail of the left and right panels of the poster.